St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-04-30
INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
Full Text of the Cullom-Reagan
Act as Passed by Congress.
DEFINITION OF TERMS.
Long and Short Hauls and Relative
Compensation Therefor.

Compensation Therefor.
Combinations to Prevent Continuous Car
riage Notwithstanding for Dam.
ages-Interstate Commerce Commits.
sion-How Constituted-Its Powers.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES by Carriers.
Appeals to Supreme Court--The Com
mutation and Pass Questions.
So much interest has been manifested
in the new Interstate Commerce bill,
which goes into effect April 4, That we
herewith reproduce it in full. Shippers,
railroad men, and business men generally,
will find it worth their while to preserve
it for reference. The names of THE COM
missioners have already been given
Be it enacted By the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States Of
america in Congress assembled:
Provisions of Act-To Whom Applicable.
That the provisions of this act shall APP
ply to any common carrier or carriers en-
or property wholly by railroad, or partly
by railroad and partly by water when
both are used. under a common control,
management, or arrangement, for a con-
tinuous carriage or shipment, from one
state or territory of the United States, or
the District Of Columbia. to any other
state or territory of the United States, or
| ha rrirf of al hi
place in the United States to an adjacent
| foreign country, or from any place in the
| United States through a foreign country
to any otler place in the United States,
and also to the transportation i'll like
manner of property shipped from any
place in the Unite States to foreign
country and carried from such place to a
port Of transshipmtnt, or shipped from a
| foreign country to any place in the Cnited
States and carried to such place from a
port of entry either in the United States
! or an adjacent foreign country: provided,
| however, that the provisions of this act
shall not apply to the transportation of
passengers or property, or to the receiv
ing, delivering, storage or handling of
property, wholly within one state, and not
shipped to or from foreign country from
or to any state or territory as aforesaid.
Terms ''RaiIroad" and ''TranSportation'
Defined.
The term ''rairoad'' as used in this act
shall include all bridges and ferries used or
operated in connection with any railroad,
and also all the road in use by any cor
poration, operating railroad, whether
owned or operated unGer a contract,
agreement, or lease; and the term trans
portation'' shall include all instrument
talties of shipment or carriage
Reasonable and inst Charges.
All charges made for any service rem
dered or to be rendered in the transporta-
ton of passengers or property as aforesaid,
or in connection herewith, or for the re-
ceiving, delivering, storage. or handling
of such PROPERTY. shall be reasonable and
just; and every unjust and unreasonable
declared to be unlawful.
Special Rates, Rebates, Drawbacks. I'm
just discrimination.
Sec. 2. That if any common carrier
subject to the provisions of this act shall
directly or indirectly, by any special rate,
rebate, drawback, or other device, charge,
demand, collect, Or receive from any per-
son or persons greater or less compensa-
ton for any service rendered, or to be rem
dered, in the transportation of passengers
-ortx- tN fI1 ~
this act, than it charges, demands Or col
lects, or receives from any other person
or persons for doing for him or them a
like and contemporaneous service in the
transportation of a like kind Of traffic
under substantially similar circumstances
and conditions, such common carrier shall |
be deemed guilty of unjust discrimina
ton, which is hereby prohibited and de-
clared to be unlawful.
Undue or Unreasonable Preferences-Tn- |
terchange of Traffic.
Sec. g. That it shall be unlawful for |
any common carrier subject to the provis- |
ions of this act to make or give any undue
or unreasonable preference Or advantage |
to any particular person, company, firm,
or locality, or any particular
description of traffic. in any respect what
soever, or to subject any particular person,
company, firm, corporation, OF locality, or
any particular description Of traffic, to
any undue or unreasonable prejudice or
in any respect whatsoever.
Every common carrier subject to the
provisions of this act shall, according to
heir respective powers, afford all reason
able, proper and equal facilities for the
of traffic between their re-
'pective lines, and for the receiving for
varding and delivering of passengers and
to and from their several lines
md those connecting Herewith, and shall
lot discriminate in their rates and charges
,etween such connecting lines; but this
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